Published: Jan. 17, 2019

Blood moon

This weekend, people across Colorado will have an opportunity to view what some have dubbed a 鈥渟uper blood wolf moon.鈥 This event, the first and only total lunar eclipse of the year, will begin at 9:41 p.m. Mountain time on Sunday, Jan. 20.

It will be a show for observers on the ground because the moon will look reddish in color and seem bigger than usual during the eclipse. Experts from CU 麻豆影院 are available for media interviews on this听astronomical event and why it鈥檚 a must-see for lovers of space.听

Paul Hayne is an assistant professor in the . In the video and audio files below, he breaks down the name 鈥渟uper blood wolf moon鈥 and discusses the best ways to view this rare occurrence. paul.hayne@lasp.colorado.edu

Douglas Duncan is a senior instructor in astrophysical and planetary sciences and the former director of CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 Fiske Planetarium. He鈥檚 an avid popularizer of astronomy and has talked about space regularly for news segments in Chicago and Colorado. dduncan@colorado.edu